Single-player games like DooM in the Dark
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to DooM in the Dark, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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DooM in the Dark 2
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
The space station suffered an unknown infection from space, the previously unknown X virus mutates, almost the entire crew of the station is infected, you need to stop the army of mutants until they break through to Earth and the judgment day begins!
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Dead Effect
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!
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DOOM Eternal
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DooM in the Dark.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DooM in the Dark.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
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Warstride Challenges
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
Blast hordes of demons at lightning speed in bloody gunfights, and race against the clock to overcome everything that comes your way! Die and retry to get the highest score in increasingly intense trials. Create and share your own runs, enjoying hundreds of levels created by the community.
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Putrefaction 2: Void Walker
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
Putrefaction 2: Void Walker is fast-paced, hardcore, arcade FPS, inspired by old-school shooters.
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Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DooM in the Dark.
Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.
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HELLGATE: London
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DooM in the Dark.
The return of a sensational game! Hellgate is an action RPG game you have been waiting for. Since its first release Hellgate won the hearts of thousands of fans and now it's time to bring back memories and dip into the near future of 2038. For all mankind!
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The Walking Evil
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
The Walking Evil takes you to the great classic of the survival horror of the 90s, where you guide the main character with a fixed system of cameras, which enhances the feeling of being in a real horror movie.
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House of Evil
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
House of Evil - atmospheric survival horror with a first-person view, in which you can test your nerves for strength. The events take place in the mansion that exists in reality. The main character is an ordinary philistine, his wife is an exorcist, after an unusual telephone conversation, the protagonist can not call to the spouse, and...
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25 Cadre of Death
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
The dead city of Time Beach, in the American state of Misuri, generates a sense of fear and loneliness. This city and its districts are completely cut off from the real world. The main character is Caleb Ridus, having got there for not understandable reasons, it is necessary to understand what happened in this city.
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STALINGRAD ABATIS
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DooM in the Dark.
1942 the Great Patriotic War, the height of the battle for Stalingrad. Ivan falls asleep in a residential building, oxygen ends, unimaginable things begin to appear to him, who knows, maybe they are really happening!
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The Mummy Pharaoh
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DooM in the Dark.
Alan goes in search of treasure, to the world of the desert and the pyramids, namely to Egypt. Entering the pyramid, Alan woke her tenants, mummies. Now you have a chance not only to find the mysterious treasures of the pharaoh, and to get rich, but also to free the suffering souls of people who have been locked in the guise of mummies...
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War of Power: The Last Fight
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DooM in the Dark.
In 1941, shot down UFOs were found on the territory of Romania, Poland and the USSR. The captured technology of aliens helped the Allies and the Axis to strengthen their power and go far in development. Parties to the conflict are waging an aggressive war against each other...
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1406
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DooM in the Dark.
The story of the writer Mike Williams, a specialist in paranormal phenomena, he is sent to the dead city of Centralia to search for inspiration, to finish writing your book on the paranormal.
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House of Evil 2
Single-player alternative to DooM in the Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with DooM in the Dark.
House of Evil 2 - Survival horror survival with a first-person view, in which you can test your nerves for strength. Events take place in the mansion, which exists in reality.